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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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