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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major 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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