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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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