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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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