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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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