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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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