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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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