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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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