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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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