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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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