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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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