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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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