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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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