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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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