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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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