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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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