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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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