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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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