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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key 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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