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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the 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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