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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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