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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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