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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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