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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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