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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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