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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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