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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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