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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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