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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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