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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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