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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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