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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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