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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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