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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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