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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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