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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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