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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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