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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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