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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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