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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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