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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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