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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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