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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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