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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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