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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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