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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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