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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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