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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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