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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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