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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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