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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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