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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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