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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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