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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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