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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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