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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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