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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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