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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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