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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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