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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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