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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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