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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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