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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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