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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest 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 mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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