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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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