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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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