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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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