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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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