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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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