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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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