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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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