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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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