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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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