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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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