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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the major 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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