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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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