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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always 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 issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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