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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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