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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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