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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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