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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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