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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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