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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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