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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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