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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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