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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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