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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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