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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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