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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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