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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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