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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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