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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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