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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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