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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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