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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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