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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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