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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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