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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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