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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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