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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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