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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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