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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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