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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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