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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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