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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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