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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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