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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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