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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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