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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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