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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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