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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important 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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