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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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