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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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