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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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