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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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