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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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