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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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