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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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