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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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