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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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