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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major 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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