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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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