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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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