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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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