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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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