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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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