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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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