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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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