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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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