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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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