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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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