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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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