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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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