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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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