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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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