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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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