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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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