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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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