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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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