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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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