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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes 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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