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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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