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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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