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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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