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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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