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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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