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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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