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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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