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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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