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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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