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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education