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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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