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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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