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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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