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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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