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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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