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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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