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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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