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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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