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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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