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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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