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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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