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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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