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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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