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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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