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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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