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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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