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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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