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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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