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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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