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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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