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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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