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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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