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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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