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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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