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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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