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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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