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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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