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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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