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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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