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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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