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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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