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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews 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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