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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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