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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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