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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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