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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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