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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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