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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important 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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