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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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