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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews 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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