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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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