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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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