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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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