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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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