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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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