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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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