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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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