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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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