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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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