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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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