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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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