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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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