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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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