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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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