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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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