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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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