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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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