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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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