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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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