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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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