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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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