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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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