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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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