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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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