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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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