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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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