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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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