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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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