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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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