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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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