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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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