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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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