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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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