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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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