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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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