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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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