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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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