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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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