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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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