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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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