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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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