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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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