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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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