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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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