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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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