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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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