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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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