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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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