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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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