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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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