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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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