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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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