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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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