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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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