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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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