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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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