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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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