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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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