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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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