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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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