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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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