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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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