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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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