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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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