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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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