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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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