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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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