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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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