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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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