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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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