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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the 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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