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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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