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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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