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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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