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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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