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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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