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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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