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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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