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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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