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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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