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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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