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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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