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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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