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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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