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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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