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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers 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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