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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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