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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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