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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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