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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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