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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius 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 learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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