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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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