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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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