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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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