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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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