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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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