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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the 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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