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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major 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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