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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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