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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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