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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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