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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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