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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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