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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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