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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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