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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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