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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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