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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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