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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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