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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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