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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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