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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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