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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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