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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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