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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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