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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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