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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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