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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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