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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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