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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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