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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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