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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important 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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