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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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