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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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