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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors 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 teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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