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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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