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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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