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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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