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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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