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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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