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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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