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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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