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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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