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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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