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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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