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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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