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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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