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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important 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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