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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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