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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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