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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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