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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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