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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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