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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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