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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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