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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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