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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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