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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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