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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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