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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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