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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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