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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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