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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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