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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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