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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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