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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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