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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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