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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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