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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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