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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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