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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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