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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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