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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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