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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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