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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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