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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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