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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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