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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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