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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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