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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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