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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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