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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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