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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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