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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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