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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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