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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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