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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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