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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the 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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