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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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