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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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