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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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