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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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