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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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