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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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