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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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