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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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