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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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