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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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