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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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