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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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