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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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