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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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