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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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