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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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