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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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