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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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