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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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