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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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