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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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