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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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