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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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