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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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