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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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