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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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