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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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