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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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