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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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