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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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