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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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