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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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