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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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