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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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