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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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