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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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