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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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