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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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