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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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