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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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