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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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