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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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