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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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