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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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