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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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