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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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