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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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