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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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