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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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