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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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