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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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