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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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