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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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