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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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