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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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