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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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