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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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