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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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