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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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