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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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