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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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