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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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