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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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