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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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