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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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