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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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