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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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