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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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