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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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