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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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