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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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