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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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