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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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