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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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