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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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