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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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