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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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