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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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