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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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