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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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