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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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