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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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