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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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