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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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