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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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