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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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