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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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