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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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