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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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