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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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