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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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