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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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