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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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