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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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