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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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