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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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