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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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