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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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