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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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