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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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