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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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