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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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