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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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