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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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