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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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