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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates 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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