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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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