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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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