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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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