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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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