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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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