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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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