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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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