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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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