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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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