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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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