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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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