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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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