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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education