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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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