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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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