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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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