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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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