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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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