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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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