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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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