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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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