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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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