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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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