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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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