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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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