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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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