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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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