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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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