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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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