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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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