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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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