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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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