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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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