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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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