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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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