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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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