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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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